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. >> reporter: until things return to normal, governor chris christie has signed an executive order, rationing gas for passenger vehicles in 12 counties. here's how it works. starting at noon, owners of cars with license plates ending in an even number, can only purchase gas on even number days. odd numbers on odd number days. two-thirds of the gas stations in the new york metro area are out of fuel. and half of the stations in new jersey and long island are shut down. some have no power. others, sold out. completely drained. and for some, like joanne hughes, the wait for the pumps isn't just a long line, but a lifeli lifeline. with her father going through energy bypass 40 miles away, the only thing keeping this daughter from her father is a lack of fuel. >> it takes me about two hours to get gas. i hope i make it. >> reporter: you've been in the line for 40 minutes now. >> already. i don't know -- i have no idea how long it's going to be. >> reporter: a question that everyone's hoping will be answered soon. and it took joanne about eight hours before she was finally able to get the
. >> reporter: until things return to normal, governor chris christie has signed an executive order, rationing gas for passenger vehicles in 12 counties. here's how it works. starting at noon, owners of cars with license plates ending in an even number, can only purchase gas on even number days. odd numbers on odd number days. two-thirds of the gas stations in the new york metro area are out of fuel. and half of the stations in new jersey and long island are shut down. some have no power....
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and governor chris christie is worried. >> general new jersey. if it looks stupid it is stupid. >> reporter: they're driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea. a researcher at johns hopkins, he's predicted how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggest 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effect of this, 1 in 5, could be without electricity. a very big storm coming our way. >> that's an unbelievable number. >>> we'll go back out to sam champion in new york city, in preparations under way for how this city, the largest city in the country, would deal with hurricane sandy. >> bianna, you know, we have seen storms move up this coastline and breeze by new york. only one hurricane in recent memory irene made a move to this city and the city got ready for it. forecasters are being careful to let folks know right away that this storm has more strong effects th
and governor chris christie is worried. >> general new jersey. if it looks stupid it is stupid. >> reporter: they're driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea. a researcher at johns hopkins, he's predicted how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggest 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50...
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and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order later this week, rescheduling halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >> that would be a trick. >> paula, thank you so much. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. >>> good morning i'm eric thomas. san francisco is bursting with giants' pride this morning. hundreds of thousands of fans are decenting on theyq!éhfor parade honoring the -- descending on the city for the parade honoring the champions. floats and special vehicles are being prepared. vips will take part in the parade which kicks off at 11 a.m. up market to civic center where there will be a huge rally and where fans will hear from the team. can't watch it -- excuse me if you can't be there you can watch live on abc7 news at 11 if you are at worker with streaming it live on abc7news.com and our ipad app but you don't want to drive. >> right now the peninsula north 101 past hillsdale earlier accident has things jammed.
and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order later this week, rescheduling halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >> that would be a trick. >> paula, thank you so much. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. >>> good morning i'm eric thomas. san francisco is bursting with giants' pride this...
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. >>> we're joined by governor chris christie of new jersey. i know you've been working through the night. give us the latest on the situation in bergen county. a levy breaking. up to 1,000 people need to be rescued. >> we're in the midst to do the rescues. it was not a dam or a levee. it was just a berm. the tidal surge that came up the bay and newark bay, caused that to overflow. obviously, we have lots of people waiting to be rescued. that rescue started during the night. >> what's your biggest concern across the state right now? >> george, it's hard to tell. we haven't had daylight to assess all of the damage. we have a battered jersey shore. we have cities without power because of flooding at the newark bay area. we have 2.4 million people without power across the state. this is a major disaster. we're trying to save as many lives as possible. with an urban search and rescue teams on the shore and in berten county. we have over 200 state roads closed. this is a significant storm. >> we've seen the devastating images from atlantic city. the
. >>> we're joined by governor chris christie of new jersey. i know you've been working through the night. give us the latest on the situation in bergen county. a levy breaking. up to 1,000 people need to be rescued. >> we're in the midst to do the rescues. it was not a dam or a levee. it was just a berm. the tidal surge that came up the bay and newark bay, caused that to overflow. obviously, we have lots of people waiting to be rescued. that rescue started during the night....
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and chris christie is worried. that they might put generators indoors to get electricity. >> general new jersey. if it looks stupid it is stupid. >> reporter: already crews from the gulf of mexico to iowa are in their trucks, driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea. a researcher at johns hopkins, he's put together a model, predicting, how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without power. >> our model suggesting 10 million. >> reporter: roughly 10 million without power for a week or more. if 50 million feel the effects of this, that's 1 in 5, could be without electricity. if you're inland, think again, it could be a bad one. dan and bianna. >> it will go well inland. david kerley, thank you for your reporting. >>> another breaking story we're watching closely. a massive earthquake off the west coast triggered a tsunami warning in hawaii. our worst fears quelled for now at least. on our affiliate reports. >> ver
and chris christie is worried. that they might put generators indoors to get electricity. >> general new jersey. if it looks stupid it is stupid. >> reporter: already crews from the gulf of mexico to iowa are in their trucks, driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea. a researcher at johns hopkins, he's put together a model, predicting, how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million...
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and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order to reschedule halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. >> live, and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. at 8:27.orning there are local schools that are many of the but are opening later. complete list on our wjla.com. metro trains, marc trains, and vre resumed earlier service .arly this morning be able to take any new york for into some time. there will be amtrak service d.c. and new between d.c. and virginia the bay of stops. trains from chicago to d.c. and vermont are cancelled today. airlines have resumed a route flights.umber of more flights will resume today. newschannel 8 will have a report coming up in a couple of minutes. there is clean up around the area. georgetown pike at old dominion drive is still shut down. it will be a while to clear this 15-mile backup near new hampshire avenue on the belt way. got quite a bit of cloudiness and the sunshine is trying to peek th
and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order to reschedule halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. >> live, and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. at 8:27.orning there are local schools that are many of the but are opening later. complete list on our wjla.com. metro trains, marc trains, and vre resumed earlier service...
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and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order to reschedule halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. mpletion good morning. thanks for joining us. here are the stop stories this morning. it could be several more days before the sewage treatment plant in howard county is running at full capacity. high winds from sandy knocked power out to the little pautexent water recognize la medication plant, sending dozens of gallons of raw sewage. >>> and one lane of the traffic op both sides of york road get -- being rerouted right now after a historic whiskey plant in cockiesville collapsed. there's the photograph there. the storm caused part of that building to collapse on itself. the plant shut down in 1958. york road near railroad avenue had to be shut down until inspectors felt it was safe to open once again. again, both lanes in both directions now getting by. >>> charley and megan, there is a lot of traffic right now on york ro
and governor chris christie said he would sign an executive order to reschedule halloween. and he thought it would be humorous to reslate it for election day. >> not funny. >>> coming up, we have elmo's expert advice. his message to kids about the storm. mpletion good morning. thanks for joining us. here are the stop stories this morning. it could be several more days before the sewage treatment plant in howard county is running at full capacity. high winds from sandy knocked...
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christie says he's worried that residents might put generators indoors or run extension cords in a haphazard way to get some electricity. >> that's a good new jersey rule, if it looks stupid, it is stupid. >> reporter: already crews from mexico to iowa are in their trucks driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. so how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea, a researcher at johns hopkins has put together a model predicting how many of us may lose power. remember, irene left 7 million without electricity. >> our model is suggesting roughly 10 million. >> reporter: 10 million who could be without power for a week or more. so we're talking about 50 million people may feel the effects of this storm. that means one in five potentially could see their lights go out. so if you're inland, and you don't think that these waves and this coastal impact is going to affect you, think again, it could be a bad one, dan and bianna. >> it will go well inland. we know that. from the meteorologists. david kerley, thank you for your reporting this morning. >>> meanwhile, 5
christie says he's worried that residents might put generators indoors or run extension cords in a haphazard way to get some electricity. >> that's a good new jersey rule, if it looks stupid, it is stupid. >> reporter: already crews from mexico to iowa are in their trucks driving to the east coast in front of sandy's wrath. so how bad could it be? believe it or not, this guy thinks he has an idea, a researcher at johns hopkins has put together a model predicting how many of us may...
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not only did president obama tour the storm damage with new jersey governor chris christie. he also seemed to make a new republican best friend. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> reporter: the president returned the favor. >> i have to say that governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he's been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm. >> reporter: cooperation on disaster relief works. it also plays well politically. in the latest abc news/"washington post" poll, 78% of likely voters said the president has done a good or excellent job handling the storm. in the wake of the storm, romney struck a more positive tone, campaigning in florida. but not directly criticizing the president. >> good democrats love america just like good republicans love america. >> reporter: his daughter dressed as datety perry. and one of his boys as the grim reaper. the abc news/"washington post" poll shows the race is tied nationally. 49% for
not only did president obama tour the storm damage with new jersey governor chris christie. he also seemed to make a new republican best friend. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> reporter: the president returned the favor. >> i have to say that governor christie throughout this process has been responsive. he's been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this...
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and in response to super storm sandy, new jersey governor chris christie ordered county clerks to open their offices this weekend to allow storm victims to vote. they are also allowing registered voters to do so electronically. >> another packed day sunday for the candidates. they will focus on the key swing states and it will be that way until the election. abc news, washington. >>> yes, after nearly two years of campaigning, the race for president is down to the wire. coming up at 8:00, top advisors for both president barack obama and mitt romney respond to the latest abc news washington post tracking poll and discuss the new wildcard in the race, the effects of superstorm sandy. don't miss abc's this week with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 right hearby on abc7. and stay with us for complete election results tuesday. get realtime results on abc7news.com the moment the polls close. and we will have live updates all night lining at facebook.com/abc7news and through twitter @abc7 news bay area. two police officers killed while trying to search for a missing child. >> it is sad. >> a hit
and in response to super storm sandy, new jersey governor chris christie ordered county clerks to open their offices this weekend to allow storm victims to vote. they are also allowing registered voters to do so electronically. >> another packed day sunday for the candidates. they will focus on the key swing states and it will be that way until the election. abc news, washington. >>> yes, after nearly two years of campaigning, the race for president is down to the wire. coming up...